PAL RH 36 Variants

[@donavantew8278]

I have a Rh36. Fantastic fixed blade. Awesome video brother 🇺🇸👍🏻

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

Thanks Donavan! Your Veterans Day video with the clean RH 36 got me thinking about these knives so I did this video.

[@tomritter493]

Hi d just found this dude great channel

[@donavantew8278]

@@tomritter493 he is a great brother of the blade and his collection is awesome

[@richardhatt6541]

My father had one from his Army stint. Post Korean war, pre Vietnam. He destroyed the handle cutting a tractor tire for my mother to have a planter. The blade survived. I got one in his memory.

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

There are parts to repair/replace the leather handle washers out there if you want to try to repair it. I'm glad you got one to honor your father.

[@alanrice39]

I have this Pal RH 36, I’ll have to examine it closer to see the specifics you are talking about

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

Cool, let us know what you find. Thanks for watching!

[@jonathanhorne6503]

I have the PAL RH-36 that my dad carried in World War II. He was a naval aviator winged in 1941. It’s very sharp. It’s a wonderful piece of family history. It’s displayed with his DFC and AM as well as his LCdr collar insignia and his original wings.

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

Wow! That is a real treasure. I'm happy to hear that you have it displayed for the family to see.

[@kingcutt7312]

Interesting video. Thanks, and greetings from Sheffield, England!

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

Thanks for watching! The history of knife making in Sheffield must surround you every day. That is cool.

[@Warthogg1]

Hey Brother! Donavan sent me, so I just subbed ...love these knives! never knew any were made in Sheffield... I knew PAL took over the knife making for Remington when they discontinued knife production as WW2 was getting underway to concentrate on arms & ammo - great stuff my friend, love the comparisons🙏⚔️👊

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

Thanks @Warthogg for the sub and the kind words. Welcome to Free America!

[@Warthogg1]

@@FreeAmericaChannel Thanks & Merry Christmas 🙏

[@jamiem3326]

Did you find out any more info? I have one of these Sheffield marked blades. It was found in a dump in Ontario... Mine has an antler handle but is otherwise the same. Brass washers and hexagon.

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

I have not found any more info on the Sheffield marked RH-36s, but your example helps build the baseline of info we have. The fact that it was found in Ontario (Southern Canada, I presume - not California) provides another example of a knife in Canada and the stag handle indicates it is a post-war knife made for commercial trade. Thanks for sharing your info! I would love to see a picture of it.

[@jamiem3326]

​@@FreeAmericaChannelI don't know much about knives but I think the antler may be an addition/modification. Do you have an email? I will send you pics.

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

@@jamiem3326 I do, you can send them to tackettsmillfarm at gmail dot com. I would love to see the pics.

[@PickME-yk9ls]

Thanks for the great info. I have a PAL made in USA RH 36 that is double stamped. Was that a frequent factory error? Thanks again

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

I'm not sure how frequent the double stamp error may be but marking errors were not uncommon in my experience. A number of knives have no markings.

[@javajoy100]

Intriguing. Busted out Bill Waters book and he had nothing on those variations in any chapter.

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

The lack of documentation on these is both disturbing and, as you said, intriguing. I've seen so many RH36s along the way that I only the weird ones seem to get my attention now.

[@tomritter493]

I think one was milittary one civilian and Canadian. Versions

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

You may be correct, there is a real lack of good reference material on PAL knives, so it gets hard to tell sometimes.

[@joegurnow9011]

What's a knife like that worth?

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

Each of those shown have different values. You can get the average PAL RH 36 for between $75.00 to around $150.00. Prices depend on condition and whether there is a sheath or not, for the most part.

[@88crazie]

What I nice knife, I have one that belonged to my grandfather... I have no idea how it ended up in South Africa.... He didn't serve, but was in the South African Police